In 2012,

Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Kent. A club representing the county was first founded in 1842 but Ke ...

competed in Division Two of the

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, Group C of the 40-over

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and the South Group of the

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. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against the touring

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. At the start of the season, Kent played a three-day MCC Universities match at

Oxford MCCU Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, has always held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). ...

, but this match did not have first-class status. It was the first season in charge for new head coach

Jimmy Adams James Clive Adams OD (born 9 January 1968) is a former Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career. He was a left-handed batsman, left-arm orthodox spin bowler and fielder, especially in th ...

after the departure of

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who had been the club's Director of Cricket for two seasons.Joe Denly, Martin van Jaarsveld and coach Paul Farbrace leave Kent
BBC Sport website, 2011-9-28. Retrieved 2016-04-16. The club captain was former England batsman

Rob Key Robert William Trevor Key (born 12 May 1979) is an English former cricketer and cricket commentator who played international cricket in all formats for England and domestic cricket for Kent County Cricket Club. He is the current Managing Directo ...

who had been club captain since 2006.

Brendan Nash Brendan Paul Nash (born 14 December 1977) is a Jamaican Australian former professional cricketer who played Test and One Day International cricket for West Indies. He played first-class cricket for Jamaica, Queensland and Kent. Early life Bre ...

joined Kent as their overseas player.Kent sign West Indian batsman Brendan Nash
BBC Sport website, 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Kent finished third of nine in Division Two of the County Championship, narrowly missing out on promotion to Division One. The county performed well in the

, winning 7 out of 9 completed matches, but missed out on qualification for the knockout stages despite finishing level on points with group runners-up

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. A surprise loss to the Unicorns and a no result against the same opposition when rain forced an abandonment after Kent had restricted their opponents to just 177/8 ultimately proved costly, and Kent missed out on a semi-final appearance after losing their final match against

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.Querl stars as Unicorns win
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campaign was disappointing for Kent, with the side winning just 4 out of 10 matches and finishing in 4th place (out of 6) in the South Group. At international level, James Tredwell played

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s for

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during the English summer, playing in a single match against

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and later three matches against

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. Tredwell also played two First Class matches for the England Lions against Australia A.

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also played in one of these matches for the England Lions.Australia A tour of England, 2012
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Squad

Kent signed five players ahead of the 2012 season. Fast bowler

Charlie Shreck Charles Edward Shreck (born 6 January 1978) is a former English professional cricketer who has also played first-class cricket in New Zealand. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. In the 2008 English cricket season, ...

joined from

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in September 2011.Charlie Shreck leaves Nottinghamshire to join Kent
BBC Sport website, 2011-9-6. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Veteran batsman

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signed for the county after spending 15 seasons with

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in November.Former Glamorgan batsman Michael Powell joins Kent
BBC Sport website, 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Durham all-rounder

Ben Harmison Ben William Harmison (born 9 January 1986) is an English former professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Durham and Kent. The former England Under-19 left-handed batsman scored a century on his first-class debut in 2006 while p ...

was the third new signing before the end of 2011 when he joined Kent in December.Kent snap up all-rounder Ben Harmison
BBC Sport website, 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Kent signed Australian-born West Indian batsman

as their overseas player for 2012 in March. The other addition to the squad saw batsman Scott Newman join on loan for the first two months of the season from

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as cover for

Daniel Bell-Drummond Daniel James Bell-Drummond (born 4 August 1993) is an English professional cricketer, who plays for Kent County Cricket Club primarily as a batsman. He has represented England at youth level and has played for the England Lions cricket team a ...

who was on England Under-19 duty.Middlesex opener Scott Newman joins Kent on loan
BBC Sport website, 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Newman had dropped down the pecking order at Middlesex after the arrival of

Joe Denly Joseph Liam Denly (born 16 March 1986) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional leg break bowler who plays as a top-order batsman. Denly played age group cricket f ...

from Kent after the end of the 2011 season.Joe Denly has signed for Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club, 2011-9-28. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Denly had made his debut for Kent in 2004. In addition to Denly,

Martin van Jaarsveld Martin van Jaarsveld (born 18 June 1974) is a former South African cricketer who played nine Tests and eleven One Day Internationals for South Africa between 2002 and 2004. Van Jaarsveld is a specialist middle-order batsman, though he has two ...

had also left the county after the 2011 season. He had been with Kent since 2005 and initially agreed to join

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, but later cancelled the deal and instead announced his retirement from county cricket in November 2011, citing fatigue.Martin van Jaarsveld cancels Leicestershire deal and retires
BBC Sport website, 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2016-04-16.

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, who had also joined the county in 2005, retired from playing towards the end of the 2012 season.Simon Cook calls time at Kent
Kent County Cricket Club, 2012-8-30. Retrieved 2016-04-16.

Squad list

* Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 5 April 2012.

County Championship

Division Two

Matches

Other first-class match

Tour match

Clydesdale Bank 40

Group C

Matches

Friends Life t20

South Division

Matches

MCCU match

Kent's 3-day match against

in May did not have first-class status.

Statistics

Batting

Bowling

References

External links

Kent home
at ESPN cricinfo
Kent County Cricket Club official site
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